Every day is our privilege to live as a people of success. As I’ve said before, the events do not determine what we are, but we are largely responsible for what happens in our lives. Through our attitudes, thoughts, behaviors and others, we will build what we want to be our future, but such construction is always done in the present. When we look at the past only we can contemplate the way in which we put our bricks, without opportunity to change some of it; When we look into the future only we can imagine the way we would like to place the new bricks, but is only present when we actually build. Therefore, although it is not possible to quantitatively measure the success or failure of a person, yes we can do it by their most constant habits.

Aristotle’s words resonate when he says: we are that we do every day, so that excellence is not an Act, but a habit. Being a successful person is to be an excellent person, from there to cultivate healthy habits is just as important. Gerald Weissmann, MD is often quoted on this topic. A few words about the habits. Put another way, our habits will determine our destiny. The good news is that we can cultivate habits of excellence, as well as we can abandon the habits that we know are harmful.

It is true that breaking with a habit is hard, but imagine how difficult it is to live a mediocre life, saddened, waiting for things to improve to be able to feel good even for a moment. Conversely, when we program our brain with constructive and positive habits, we are ensuring that what we build at present has as a result a solid structure that we can look toward the past, and a projection of quality when we look towards the future. However the only one who can decide on this particular is oneself. You and me. The success with which we are going to live our lives depends on each one, as we are the architects of our own destiny, that’s why from today is necessary to take the reins of our lives, because no doubt the true success depends on you and me. Original author and source of the article.